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North Korea detains another Korean-American ‘Christian’

April 24, 2017 North Korea Hyeon Soo Lim, Kim Dong Chul, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, Tony Kim

North Korea has detained another American citizen, reports Reuters. Korean-American Tony Kim was arrested on Saturday (22 April) at Pyongyang International Airport as he was trying to leave the country. He had spent a month teaching accounting at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). The university’s chancellor, Chan-Mo Park, . . . Read More

Foreigners in North Korea – what to expect if arrested

April 27, 2016 North Korea Jeffrey Fowle, Kenneth Bae, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, USA

Foreigners arrested and detained in North Korea can expect to spend hundreds of days in prison, . The 13 US citizens detained since 1995 – including the Christians Jeffrey Fowle, Aijalon Gomes and Korean-American Kenneth Bae – spent an average of 213 days imprisoned. to 15 years’ hard labour, has . . . Read More

North Korea sentences American to 15 years’ labour

March 16, 2016 North Korea House churches, Hyeon Soo Lim, Kim Jong Wook, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang

North Korea has sentenced a 21-year-old US student to 15 years’ hard labour following his “confession” to stealing a piece of political propaganda during his trip at the request of his church in Wyoming, Ohio. Otto Warmbier, a third-year economics student at the University of Virginia, was arrested on 2 . . . Read More

N Korea detains US man ‘stealing’ for his church

February 29, 2016 North Korea China, Hyeon Soo Lim, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang, USA

A US student held in North Korea since early January was detained for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan from his Pyongyang hotel and has confessed to “severe crimes” against the state, . Otto Warmbier, 21, a student at the University of Virginia, was detained before boarding . . . Read More

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